The weekend's early estimates are in, and for the first time in nearly a month neither 'King Kong' or 'The Chronicles of Narnia' is number one. Instead, horror fans turned out in force to support one of the best reviewed horror films in months, Eli Roth's 'Hostel'. The first movie of 2006 to take number one, the $4.8 million budgeted movie opened with a whopping $20 million weekend take. Not a bad bit of instant profit for a cheaply made splatter flick, even one endorsed by Quentin Tarantino.
Weekend Box Office Top Ten January 6 – January 8, 2006 Hostel - $20,100,000 *The Chronicles of Narnia - $15,427,000 ($247,561,000)King Kong - $12,466,000 ($192,522,000)Fun with Dick and Jane - $12,200,000 ($81,359,000)Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - $8,300,000 ($66,421,000)Munich - $7,455,000 ($25,239,000)Memoirs of a Geisha - $6,000,000 ($39,751,000)Rumor Has It - $5,881,000 ($2,126,000)Brokeback Mountain - $5,750,000 ($22,460,000)The Family Stone - $4,625,000 ($53,193,000)* Denotes new release. Source: Box Office Mojo
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